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Classification
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Service Dog
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Color
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White
/ Orange
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Type
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Hearing Dogs
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Job
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To
alert their deaf or Deaf handler to specifically trained environmental sounds,
including, but not limited to, alarms, doorbells, knocking, phones, cars or
their name.
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Handler
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Likely won’t show
signs of disability.
May or may not speak verbal English. |
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Gear
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Hearing Dogs
don’t require special gear, but many state laws designate bright orange as
reserved for Hearing Dogs.
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Signs
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There will normally be signs
around the home area stating there is a deaf person nearby for vehicles to be
aware when passing through
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Notes
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Hearing
Dogs can be trained to respond to any environmental sound or cue their handler
needs to know about. Just because you can’t see what a Hearing Dog is
responding to doesn’t mean he’s not working.
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Source of Information
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